
“Every day, when our troops come in and deoccupy certain territories, you see what is happening. It’s very difficult to talk when you see what they’ve done here. Every day people are found there in barrels, in cellars, strangled, tortured. Therefore, we believe that if they have something to think with, they need to think faster” – President Volodymyr Zelensky on a working trip in Kyiv oblast (04.04.2022).
We will see and hear about Bucha, Irpin and Chernihiv. Places we don’t really knew about, cities and towns of Ukraine, which will be known, because what the Russian forces did in the occupation of them.
The war crimes that happened within Kyiv oblast needs to be addressed. The grand scale of extra judicial killings, killing civilians who isn’t active in war. The despicable acts of the Russian forces, the invading forces that detained, tortured, raped and killed civilians. In Bucha the reports of 300 civilians was only the beginning, as well as the Ukrainian authorities found a mass-grave there.
There is report of additional 300 civilians who was tortured and killed around Chernihiv. This shows that the Russian forces isn’t only doing this one place, but it is their modus operandi. It is a genocidal war. They are killing Ukrainians and destroying their territory before retreating.
We will know the full extent of the Bucha massacre and all the other acts as time goes. The investigations of what occurred is starting. The Ukrainian authorities are collecting the evidence and proof of the war-crimes. So, it can be sent to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and these sorts of crimes to be condemned.
However, condemnation isn’t enough… there is need for more direct support of the Ukrainian war effort. As these crimes and means of war will only be moved from one Ukrainian region to another. It will not change their ways or what they are doing.
“These are war crimes and they will be recognized by the world as genocide. We are aware of thousands of people killed and tortured, with their limbs cut off. Raped women, murdered children. I believe this is genocide” (Zelensky, 04.04.2022).
The massacres of Ukraine needs to be the reason for the Western powers and the European Union (EU) to support Kyiv even more. NATO and EU needs to give what Zelensky has asked for. The depth of deprecation is apparently endless. The Russian forces can act as barbaric and be as evil as they pleases. There is no stop or no rules they cannot break. That is why this shows what sort of reign the Moscow is offering Ukraine.
Russia and Kremlin is clearly not trying to win hearts. They are there to enforce and make it “Russian” with total brutality. We can only hope the dead can haunt the Russians and bring them trouble for the rest of their lives. As they will not only answer for them in the after-life, but hopefully get into legal trouble in the future. The ones who participated and was part of the war-crimes. Should all answer for it and be marked for life. They shouldn’t be able to get away or run away from the crimes committed.
The Russian invading forces is clearly not coming in peace or coming to bring a prosperous future. No, they are coming with venom and death. Peace.










